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New homes in Aberdeenshire

47.2% fewer homes were started in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Started, 12 months
571
Per 1,000 residents
2.2

Homes started in Aberdeenshire

Homes started over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.

  • Aberdeenshire
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodAberdeenshire
Jun 2026571
Mar 2026935
Dec 2025880
Sep 2025626
Jun 2025719
Mar 2025504
Dec 2024655
Sep 2024895
Jun 2024993
Mar 20241,303
Dec 20231,187
Sep 20231,007
Jun 20231,206
Mar 20231,026
Dec 20221,187
Sep 20221,234
Jun 2022962
Mar 2022970
Dec 2021863
Sep 20211,066
Jun 20211,100
Mar 20211,002
Dec 20201,214
Sep 20201,045
Jun 20201,224
Mar 20201,466
Dec 20191,307
Sep 20191,613
Jun 20191,361
Mar 20191,179
Dec 20181,183
Sep 2018870
Jun 2018938
Mar 2018960
Dec 20171,169
Sep 20171,239
Jun 20171,425
Mar 20171,502
Dec 20161,244
Sep 20161,423
Jun 20161,299
Mar 20161,236
Dec 20151,495
Sep 20151,482
Jun 20151,432
Mar 20151,571
Dec 20141,755
Sep 20141,711
Jun 20141,622
Mar 20141,349
Dec 20131,008
Sep 20131,051
Jun 20131,312
Mar 20131,558
Dec 20121,633
Sep 20121,939
Jun 20121,930
Mar 20121,898
Dec 20111,871
Sep 20111,383
Jun 20111,394
Mar 20111,315
Dec 20101,436
Sep 20101,565
Jun 20101,454
Mar 20101,529
Dec 20091,502
Sep 20091,447
Jun 20091,438
Mar 20091,542
Dec 20081,701
Sep 20081,726
Jun 20081,791
Mar 20081,835
Dec 20071,506
Sep 20071,502
Jun 20071,489
Mar 20071,291
Dec 20061,472
Sep 20061,561
Jun 20061,607
Mar 20061,749
Dec 20051,560
Sep 20051,504
Jun 20051,598
Mar 20051,474
Dec 20041,770
Sep 20041,905
Jun 20041,785
Mar 20041,843
Dec 20031,732
Sep 20031,549
Jun 20031,559
Mar 20031,477
Dec 20021,398
Sep 20021,356
Jun 20021,414
Mar 20021,343
Dec 20011,178
Sep 20011,208
Jun 20011,154
Mar 20011,234
Dec 20001,372
Sep 20001,381
Jun 20001,298
Mar 20001,146
Dec 19991,101
Sep 19991,055
Jun 19991,258
Mar 19991,456
Dec 19981,358
Sep 19981,319
Jun 19981,057
Mar 1998837
Dec 1997858
Sep 1997785
Jun 1997728
Mar 1997665

A start is the first count of a new home in the UK: no nation counts homes granted planning permission. Most starts are finished one to two years later. England's and Wales's counts come from building control, which misses some homes; Scotland counts housing association approvals as starts; Northern Ireland's begin in 2015.

Other reports for Aberdeenshire

Next 12 months

Sale prices have an 80% chance of landing between £189,934 and £217,138 by August 2027.

Expected, August 2027
£203,536
Chance of a rise
60%

Affordability

At the average sale price, a home costs £200,965. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is £927 a month. The UK sets no cap on the payment; no more than 15% of new mortgages may lend over 4.5 times income.

Payment, two incomes
13%
Payment, one income
25%

Buy or rent

Figures for Scotland: Aberdeenshire has no reliable figures of its own.

Owning the average home costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at the average sale price; rent is the average of all private tenancies. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.

Rent per month
£1,011
Owning per month
£934

Foreign buyers

Figures for United Kingdom: Aberdeenshire has no reliable figures of its own.

Buyers living abroad bought 1.8% of the homes sold here in the four quarters to Q1 2025.

Bought by buyers abroad, 12 months
1.8%

Past cycles

Sale prices have fallen by 3% or more 7 times since 2004. The deepest began in April 2015.

Deepest fall
−13.9%
Recovery from the low
32 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population fell by 514 while 802 homes were finished.

Homes finished, 2025
802
Population change, 2025
−514

Renovation

In 2026, 1% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2026
1%